Prevention of Clostridium Difficile Infection Among Hospitalized Elderly Patients Using Torani (Fermented Rice Water) and Xylitol Mixture Drink: The Study Protocol of an Open-Label Randomized Controlled Trial
This RCT shall document the effect of <i>the Torani</i>-xylitol mixture on CDI prevention and CD colonization among hospitalized elderly individuals. If found effective, it can promote using beneficial fermented foods to prevent CDI, reducing morbidity, mortality, hospitalization rate, and duration, cost of therapy, and bed occupancy.
Authors
- Shubhransu Patro (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3597-4302)
- Basanti Kumari Pathi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9112-3249)
- Sidharth S Pattnaik (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-2499-815X)
- Kumudini Panigrahi
- Santosh Kumar Dash (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0703-812X)
- Manas Ranjan Behera (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3022-596X)
- Manoja Kumar Das (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8559-5837)
- Debashish Mishra (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8411-2015)
- Dipti Pattnaik (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6427-1841)
- Jyoti Prakash Sahoo
Institutions
- All India Institute of Medical Sciences Bhubaneswar (IN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Cureus
- Published
- 2025-06-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.85635
- Primary Topic
- Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00